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Uncontacted tribe risk extinction as global forest certification system fails to act
In the Peruvian Amazon, the roar of bulldozers is intruding on the ancestral lands of one of the world’s last isolated tribes. The Mashco...
Why Brazilians have been so divided in their reaction to Bolsonaro’s conviction
Despite the fact that Jair Bolsonaro used digital militias to take down his enemies, propagated fake news on a vast scale and pursued antidemocratic acts against Brazil’s institutions, many Brazilians do not accept that their ex-president is guilty, as the supreme court decided last week. This piece has been republished from The Conversation. You can view the original here.
COP30: Amazon women demand to be heard
Not all the peoples of the Amazon will be represented at the COP, especially the women for whom climate change is no longer a threat, but a daily reality, and from which they are the first to suffer. Indigenous, quilombola and black women from the city periphery all confront obstacles to participate, with no guarantees that they will be heard. Agência Pública’s Cecilia Amorim has spoken to women from each of the three groups
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The Congress of the Disappeared: An exploration of a nation’s ghosts
'What The Congress of the Disappeared ultimately shows us is that Brazil is a nation that has never truly reconciled with its past. Now...
Unravelling the thread from colonial England to Uruguay in Monica Perez’s...
In her latest project COST, Monica Perez unravels the thread between England and Uruguay, exploring the raw wool trade and the displacement and erasure of Indigenous communities.
‘Amazon, oh beautiful Amazon’ – Dom Phillips
How to Save The Amazon: This testimony book by the assassinated journalist lays bare the tragedy of Amazônia – of which he himself came to be one of the most painful examples – but also its uniquely marvelous nature.
Britain and South America’s shared histories in Shafik Meghji’s ‘Small Earthquakes’
From the author of LAB's bestselling 'Crossed Off the Map' comes the brand new 'Small Earthquakes', which uncovers the fascinating story of Britain’s forgotten...
The Amazon in Times of War, an urgent call to action
‘The Amazon in Times of War’ is a powerful indictment of institutional violence against the Amazon and a tribute to the resilience and defiance...
‘Open Fire’ exhibition in UK
In September 2022, LAB described a new photo exhibition, created by the Brazilian photographer and film-maker Marilene Cardoso Ribeiro.
Now that exhibition has come to...
The Congress of the Disappeared: An exploration of a nation’s ghosts
'What The Congress of the Disappeared ultimately shows us is that Brazil is a nation that has never truly reconciled with its past. Now...
Book Launch: The Congress of the Disappeared by Bernardo Kucinski 7...
Join LAB, Brazil Matters, and Amnesty International UK Latin America coordinators for the launch of Bernardo Kucinski's novella 'The Congress of the Disappeared', translated...
The Amazon in Times of War, an urgent call to action
‘The Amazon in Times of War’ is a powerful indictment of institutional violence against the Amazon and a tribute to the resilience and defiance...
Listening to Women Resisting Violence
On International Women's Day, LAB and King’s College London release a bonus episode of our podcast, Women Resisting Violence, discussing the power of podcasting for social change with leading audio producers from Latin America and representatives from the fearless women’s organisations featured in the podcast.
Veronica Gago on feminist power
Jelke Boesten, leader of the Gender Studies Network at King’s College London and a researcher on the Women Resisting Violence project, joins Veronica Gago of Argentina's #NiUnaMenos to discuss how to bring feminist activism into the everyday.
Step Up Migrant Women
This week's episode focuses on migrant women in the UK with insecure immigration status who are experiencing domestic abuse.
Ka’apor and Quilombola Communities in Brazil
Documentary film: We Fight For This Land: Ka’apor and Quilombola Communities in Brazil (62”, 2024)Directors: Cahal McLaughlin and Siobhán Wills
Quilombo and Indigenous Ka’apor communities...
FILM: The Future is in Our Territories
In a new LAB film, environmental defenders discuss their territorial work and the Americas-wide alliance for racial and climate justice
Brazil: illegal mining pollutes Tapajós
The explosion of mining in the mid-section of the Tapajós River is most likely the cause of the change in water color in Alter...
